I did a backdoor roth IRA contribution for 2019 and 2020 in March, 2020. My state return is taxing me on it as income, even though my federal return is correct.

[tischfield-gmail]

My PA state return is adding my roth contribution to my total income and then taxing me on it. If I select the box "not taxable" on my PA return the problem is fixed, but TurboTax flags this as an error since I cannot check that box next to a traditional IRA contribution. I need my state tax return to recognize my federal return correctly, even though everything seems to be correct. Is there a way to edit my state income manually? Not sure how to remedy this.

[ReneeM7122]

Please see this thread for detailed instructions about how to get the State return to recognize the backdoor Roth contribution without applying the tax.

In addition, here is a TurboTax article with the steps for entering a Roth Backdoor conversion.  

A backdoor Roth IRA allows you to get around income limits by converting a Traditional IRA into a Roth IRA. Contributing directly to a Roth IRA is restricted if your income is beyond certain limits, but there are no income limits for conversions.